dont seem to find a gear knob to fit

 I own a mk1 (1991) LE uk spec, I have done alot of work on the car myself but seem to have been beaten by a gear knob.

I have looked at many aftermarket gear knobs but seem unable to find one that I like with a wide enough hole to fit on to the plastic shaft on my car, does the plastic shaft come off?, do i have to shave it down, or am I just being dumb?. 

 G’day mate, welcome to the Forum

If you have a plastic sleeve at the top of the gear lever, it has come out of the gearknob you have removed. After taking the knob off you are/should be, left with a steel thread.

Hi mate,

Yup, Geoff’s right (he normally is), the plastic came off my old gear knob when I changed mine, took me ages to figure out why the new one wouldn’t fit!

Eventually I resorted to a pair of mole grips to get the plastic sleeve off…seems some clever nugget had superglued the knob on!!!

Good luck,

Jon